— Palo Verde High School honored Barbara Edwards, a teacher who was aboard one of the airliners hijacked on 9/11.
— The MGM Resorts International’s Veteran Employee Network Group announced that remaining items left outside of New York-New York just after the attacks will be donated to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives.
— Outside of the Las Vegas Fire Department, members of Fire Station Five tolled their bell for fallen firefighters, city officials gathered and spoke at Police Memorial Park and first responders climbed 108 flights of stairs to the top of The Strat to commemorate the lives lost.
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Master Sergeant Sonja Chatman, United States Air Force retired, places a photo of former Palo Verde teacher Barbara Edwards during an annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony for Edwards on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Palo Verde High School, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Cadet Staff Seargent Xochitl Arreola (RJ behind) Laurie Wojcik, concourse worked at Morgan Stanley at World Trade Center Air Force ROTC Cadet JD Guevarra Air Force junior ROTC Maya Ruiz David Lee Air Force ROTC Air Force ROTC Cadet Captain Thadus Robert’s III NV-20011 Wing Commander Retired teacher Gail Fahy
Retired teacher Gail Fahy, middle, receives the flag that was lowered during an annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony for her close friend and former Palo Verde teacher Barbara Edwards on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Palo Verde High School, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Air Force ROTC Cadets stand guard during an annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony for former Palo Verde teacher Barbara Edwards on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Palo Verde High School, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Laurie Wojcir holds her train pass and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter identification card that she carried on the day of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks during an annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony for former Palo Verde teacher Barbara Edwards Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Palo Verde High School, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Air Force ROTC Cadet JD Guevarra, middle, attends an annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony for former Palo Verde teacher Barbara Edwards on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at Palo Verde High School, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Richard Taylor pays tribute after playing the drums during a 9/11 event hosted by MGM Resorts International’s Veteran Employee Network Group on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, outside New York-New York, in Las Vegas. During the event, the group announced the donation of remaining items left by mourners in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives.(Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The remaining items left by mourners in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks sit on display during an event to announce their donation to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, outside New York-New York, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Heather Valentine wipes away tears during a 9/11 event hosted by MGM Resorts International’s Veteran Employee Network Group on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, outside New York-New York, in Las Vegas. During the event, the group announced the donation of remaining items left by mourners in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People attend a 9/11 event hosted by MGM Resorts International’s Veteran Employee Network Group on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, outside New York-New York, in Las Vegas. During the event, the group announced the donation of remaining items left by mourners in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The remaining items left by mourners in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks sit on display during an event to announce their donation to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, outside New York-New York, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The America flag and New York-New-York’s replica Statue of Liberty are photographed during a 9/11 event hosted by MGM Resorts International’s Veteran Employee Network Group on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, outside New York-New York, in Las Vegas. During the event, the group announced the donation of remaining items left by mourners in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to the UNLV Special Collections and Archives. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Axel Bellflower, 5, of Las Vegas, places his hand over his heart on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, during the raising of the American flag at Fire Station Five in Las Vegas for a "Tolling of the Bells" ceremony in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A piece of World Trade Center Tower steel, left, sits on display as firefighters from Fire Station Five in Las Vegas and members of the Las Vegas Fire Department honor guard salute on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, during the raising of the American flag at their station for a "Tolling of the Bells" ceremony in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Randy Wilbanks, right, Assistant Chief, EMS Division, for Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, speaks at Fire Station Five in Las Vegas, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, during a "Tolling of the Bells" ceremony in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
People attend a tribute to law enforcement officers who lost their lives during the 9/11 terrorist attacks at Police Memorial Park on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, in Las Vegas, in remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The city of Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Ten-13 Club organized the tribute. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Firefighter Honor Guard members line up to begin the opening ceremony during the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at The Strat on Friday, September 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A Las Vegas Firefighter Honor Guard member greets another firefighter during the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at The Strat on Friday, September 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas firefighters in turnout gear begin climbing 108 flights to the top of The Strat during the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on Friday, September 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Firefighter Honor Guard members Mark Zuniga holds a ceremonial axe during the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at The Strat on Friday, September 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Participants gather and recover at the top after climbing 108 flights during the 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at The Strat on Friday, September 11, 2026, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)